Artist's Statment - Alice Peillon

My work is primarily an exploration of pattern as a method of emphasis. I am interested in directing the viewer to look closely at individual elements that have been transformed by the process of repetition.

I also seek to explore the contrast between expressive paint marks and more controlled, mechanical aspects of painting. To this end I use stencils - sourced from found images.

Architectural sources are particularly interesting, as they provide a sense of solidity, and well-defined shape. These man-made structures can then be made to look organic through the process of pattern making. My work is concerned with the process by which painting is redefining itself. I am interested in questioning the hierarchy of the painted surface by using a combination of artist quality and non-art materials. Some of the paintings are derived from cut plywood or MDF while others have been made from antique shutters.